World Register of Deep-Sea species - Amage scutata Moore, 1923

Deep-Sea taxon details

Amage scutata Moore, 1923

AphiaID

326277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326277)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Amage Malmgren, 1866

Original name

Amage scutata Moore, 1923

Synonymised names

Paramage scutata (Moore, 1923) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425
page(s): 210-212, plate 17, figures 19-24; note: off Point Pinos Lighthouse, California, 40 46 fathoms, dark green mud (type). [details]

Type data

Note Pacific Ocean off Monterey Bay, California

Unreviewed

Type locality Pacific Ocean off Monterey Bay, California [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Amage scutata Moore, 1923. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326277 on 2026-04-21

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Amage scutata Moore, 1923. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326277 on 2026-04-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-17 10:44:16Z

created

Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

changed

Fauchald, Kristian

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original description Moore, J. Percy. (1923). The polychaetous annelids dredged by the U.S.S. ''Albatross'' off the coast of southern California in 1904. IV. Spionidae to Sabellariidae. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 75: 179-259, plates XVII-XVIII., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12425
page(s): 210-212, plate 17, figures 19-24; note: off Point Pinos Lighthouse, California, 40 46 fathoms, dark green mud (type). [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Specimen Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM); Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia [details]

Type locality Pacific Ocean off Monterey Bay, California [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	ツッパリカザリゴカイ [from synonym]	[details]

To Barcode of Life (from synonym Paramage scutata (Moore, 1923))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (1 record) (from synonym Paramage scutata (Moore, 1923))
To ITIS